Introduction¶
BeaglePlay is an open-source single board computer designed to simplify the process of adding sensors, actuators, indicators, human interfaces, and connectivity to a reliable embedded system. It features a powerful 64-bit, quad-core processor and innovative connectivity options, including WiFi, Gigabit Ethernet, sub-GHz wireless, and single-pair Ethernet with power-over-data-line. With compatibility with 1,000s of off-the-shelf add-ons and a customized Debian Linux image, BeaglePlay makes expansion and customization easy. It also includes ribbon-cable connections for cameras and touch-screen displays, and a socket for a battery-backed real-time-clock, making it ideal for human-machine interface designs. With its competitive price and user-friendly design, we expect BeaglePlay to provide you with a positive development experience. Some of the real world applications for BeaglePlay include:
Building/industrial automation gateways
Digital signage
Human Machine Interface (HMI)
BeagleConnect sensor gateways
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Detailed overview¶
BeaglePlay is built around Texas Instruments AM62x Sitara™ Processors which is a Quad-Core Arm® Cortex®-A53 Human-machine-interaction SoC. It comes with 2GB DDR4 RAM, 16GB eMMC storage, Full size HDMI, USB-A host port, USB-C power & connectivity port, serial debug interface, and much more.
Feature |
Description |
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Processor |
TI AM6254 (multicore A53s with R5, M4s and PRUs) |
PMIC |
TPS6521901 |
Memory |
2GB DDR4 |
Storage |
16GB eMMC |
WiFi |
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BLE/SubG |
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Ethernet |
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Single-pair Ethernet |
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USB type-C |
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HDMI |
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Other connectors |
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AM6254 SoC¶
The low-cost Texas Instruments AM625 family of application processors are built for Linux® application development. With scalable Arm® Cortex®-A53 performance and embedded features, such as: dual-display support and 3D graphics acceleration, along with an extensive set of peripherals that make the AM62x device well-suited for a broad range of industrial and automotive applications while offering intelligent features and optimized power architecture as well.
Some of these applications include:
Industrial HMI
EV charging stations
Touchless building access
Driver monitoring systems
AM625 processors are industrial-grade in the 13 x 13 mm package (ALW) and can meet the AEC-Q100 automotive standard in the 17.2 x 17.2 mm package (AMC). Industrial and Automotive functional safety requirements can be addressed using the integrated Cortex-M4F core and dedicated peripherals, which can all be isolated from the rest of the AM62x processor.
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For more details checkout https://www.ti.com/product/AM625
The 3-port Gigabit Ethernet switch has one internal port and two external ports with Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) support. An additional PRU module on the device enables real-time I/O capability for customer’s own use cases. In addition, the extensive set of peripherals included in AM62x enables system-level connectivity, such as: USB, MMC/SD, CSI Camera interface, OSPI, CAN-FD and GPMC for parallel host interface to an external ASIC/FPGA. The AM62x device also employs advanced power management support for portable and power-sensitive applications.
Board components location¶
This section describes the key components on the board, their location and function.
Front components location¶
Fig. 10 BeaglePlay board front components location¶
Feature |
Description |
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RTC Battery |
BQ32002 Real Time Clock (RTC) Battery holder takes CR1220 3V battery |
User LEDs |
Five user LEDs, Power and boot section provides more details. These LEDs are connect to the AM6254 SoC |
JTAG (AM62) |
AM6254 SoC JTAG debug port |
mikroBUS |
mikroBUS for MikroE Click boards or any compliant add-on |
OLDI |
AM6254 OpenLDI(OLDI) display port |
CSI |
AM6254 Camera Serial Interface (MIPI CSI-2) |
Grove |
SeeedStudio Grove modules connection port |
QWIIC |
SparkFun QWIIC / Adafruit STEMMA-QT port for I2C modules connectivity |
User Button |
Programmable user button, also servers as boot mode slect button (SD Card/eMMC). Press down to select SD Card as boot medium |
SD Card |
Use to expand storage, boot linux image or flash latest image on eMMC |
Reset button |
Press to reset BeaglePlay board (AM6254 SoC) |
JTAG (CC1352) |
JTAG debug port for CC1352P7 |
Power button |
Press to shut-down (OFF), hold down to boot (ON) |
Power & Connectivity LEDs |
Indicator LEDs for Power ON, CC1352 RF, and Single-pair connectivity |
Single-pair Ethernet |
Single-pair Ethernet connectivity port with power over data line |
GigaBit Ethernet |
1Gb/s Wired internet connectivity |
HDMI Output |
Full size HDMI port for connecting to external display monitors |
USB-A host port |
Port to connect USB devices like cameras, keyboard & mouse combos, etc |
USB-C port |
Power and Device data role port |
Back components location¶
Fig. 11 BeaglePlay board back components location¶
Feature |
Description |
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CC1352P7 |
2.4GHz BLE + SubG IEEE 802.15.4 with 1 x 2.4GHz + 1 x SubG uFL antenna |
WL1807MOD |
Dual band (2.4GHz & 5GHz) WiFi module with 2 x uFL antennas |
DP83TD510E |
Single-pair IEEE 802.3cg 10BASE-T1L Ethernet PHY |
RTL8211F |
Gigabit IEEE 802.11 Ethernet PHY |
AM6254 |
Main SoC |
16GB eMMC |
Flash storage |
2GB DDR4 |
RAM / Memory |
BQ32002 |
Real Time Clock (RTC) |
TPS6521901 |
Power Management IC |
IT66121 |
HDMI Transmitter |